Print Orientation of Documents Based on Device Sensor Output

1. A method comprising: presenting, by an electronic device, a document on a display of the electronic device; determining, by the electronic device, a current orientation of the electronic device; determining, by the electronic device, a first device orientation corresponding to the current orientation of an electronic device; receiving, by the electronic device, print request to print the document; setting, by the electronic device, a page orientation printer setting of the document based on the first device orientation; and transmitting, by the electronic device, the page orientation printer setting of the document to a printer system to print the document according to the page orientation printer setting.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: detecting that the current orientation of the electronic device has changed; determining a second device orientation corresponding to the current orientation of the electronic device, where the second device orientation is different than the first device orientation; and changing the page orientation printer setting of the document based on the second device orientation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein: determining the current orientation of the electronic device further comprises analyzing the output of a motion sensing component of the device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: presenting the document on the display of the electronic device according to the determined device orientation; and defining a page orientation of the document to match the orientation in which the document is presented.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the determined current orientation comprises at least one of a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: defining a representation of the document in a page description language, wherein the page orientation printer setting of the document in the representation corresponds to the determined device orientation.

7. The method of claim 1 , farther comprising; defining a representation of the document in a page description language, wherein defining the representation further comprises defining the representation of the document according to the defined page orientation.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions for defining the orientation in which a document is printed, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the operations of: presenting, by an electronic device, a document on a display of the electronic device; determining, by the electronic device, a current orientation of the electronic device; determining, by the electronic device, a first device orientation corresponding to the current orientation of an electronic device; receiving, by the electronic device, a print request to print the document; setting, by the electronic device, a page orientation printer setting of the document based on the first device orientation; and transmitting, by the electronic device, the page orientation printer setting of the document to a printer system to print the document according to the page orientation printer setting.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , comprising further computer readable instructions recorded thereon for: detecting that the current orientation of the electronic device has changed; determining a second device orientation corresponding to the current orientation of the electronic device, where the second device orientation is different than the first device orientation; and changing the page orientation printer setting of the document based on the second device orientation.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein: determining the current orientation of the electronic device further comprises analyzing the output of a motion sensing component of the device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , further comprising: presenting the document on the display of the electronic device according to the determined device orientation; and defining a page orientation of the document to match the orientation in which the document is presented.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein: the determined current orientation comprises at least one of a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 1 , further comprising: defining a representation of the document in a page description language, wherein the page orientation printer setting of the document in the representation corresponds to the determined device orientation.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , further comprising: defining a representation of the document in a page description language, wherein defining the representation further comprises defining the representation of the document according to the defined page orientation.

15. An electronic device for printing documents, comprising: an input interface; a display viewable in a landscape orientation and in a portrait orientation; input/output circuitry operative to establish a communications path with a printer system; and control circuitry operative to: present, by an electronic device, a document on a display of the electronic device; determine by the electronic device, a current orientation of the electronic device; determine, by the electronic device, a first device orientation corresponding to the current orientation of an electronic device; receive, by the electronic device, a print request to print the document; set, by the electronic device, a page orientation printer setting of the document based on the first device orientation; and transmit, by the electronic device, the page orientation printer setting of the document to a printer system to print the document according to the page orientation printer setting.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the communications path comprises one of: a wired communications path; a wireless communications path; and a combination of a wired and a wireless communication path.

17. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the control circuitry is further operative to: direct the printer system to define a bitmap of the document using a raster image processor.

18. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein: the electronic device further comprises motion sensing circuitry operative to provide an output indicating the orientation of the display.